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Oil: In Perpetuity No More
An offshore drilling rig. (Photo: L.C.Nøttaasen) Oil touches nearly every single aspect of the lives of those in the industrialised world. Most of our food, clothing, electronics, …
How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street
A truck with a black flag, which is displayed in protest of moves by the Greek government to opening the trucking profession, on a road in Elefsina, Greece, on …
We Are All Greeks Now
Occupy Wall Street rallies in New York's Zuccotti Park in support of Greek resistance to austerity on February 18, 2012. (Photo: Sunset Parkerpix) They chanted, "We. Are. …
How North Carolina’s Shock Doctrine Artists Are Resegregating Higher Education
Thom Tillis, a Republican North Carolina state representative, at the Northstone Country Club in Huntersville, North Carolina, October 12, 2010. He's led a push to promote ALEC's privatization agenda …
What if the Next Steve Jobs Is Chinese?
As Apple's stock continues to hit record highs and its sales and profit reports exceed all expectations, Steve Jobs' reputation as an entrepreneurial genius grows ever larger. He succeeded …
Mad, Passionate Love – and Violence: Occupy Heads Into the Spring
When you fall in love, it’s all about what you have in common, and you can hardly imagine that there are differences, let alone that you will quarrel over …
Economic Alternatives to Capitalism
Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a demonstration at Foley Square, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Richard Wolff: My …
Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What Is the Justice System for?
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher is surrounded by supporters carrying signs bearing the number 70, DeChristopher's bidder's number during a 2008 lease auction, outside the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse …
The Real Job Creators: You and Me
For three decades, we have been told that “trickle-down” economics that benefit the wealthy is the key to creating jobs. But that's baloney. The evidence shows that ordinary people, …
Presidents’ Day: Just Another Presidential Fable
In the United States, February brings “Presidents’ Day” and some familiar stories, such as George Washington chopping down ye olde cherry tree, circulate anew. Sweet as it may sound …